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LOT 0938
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal and Amulet Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 1 in. (19.4 grams total, 12-24 mm).
Comprising: a pillow-shaped carnelian amulet pierced through the notched upper edge, hatched panels to both faces; a triangular-section stamp seal displaying ring-and-dot motifs and a possible animal figure; a plano-convex stamp seal bearing a geometric motif; a square-shaped lapis lazuli amulet engraved with a horned quadruped standing right. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
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